September 9, 2026
Camden Haven Snapper Classic reels in strong support
Event, Fishing

Camden Haven Snapper Classic reels in strong support

Carew Dickson with his 86cm snapper. Photo: Supplied. Brice Hayward (left) and Nathan Mann (right) with winners Team The Penguin, Alex Swift and Chris Wilcocks. Photo: Supplied. Brice Hayward (Fishin4Pics) with Kiama Theuerkauf, Nathan Mann (Plasmann Soft Plastics) and fellow anglers. Photo: Supplied. THE Camden Haven Snapper Classic has been hailed a great success, attracting […]

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Second chance art sale on Town Green
Event

Second chance art sale on Town Green

HAVE you got a painting tucked away in the garage, a print gathering dust in a cupboard, or an artwork that no longer has a place on your walls? The Port Macquarie Tacking Point Lions Club (TPLC) invites the community to take part in its upcoming Second Chance Art Sale on Friday 18 and Saturday […]

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The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins’ Mass for Peace to be performed in Port Macquarie on Sunday 9 August Samantha, Evan and Jeff Barnsley are performing together in the concert. Photo: Pauline Cain.
Entertainment, Event

The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins’ Mass for Peace to be performed in Port Macquarie on Sunday 9 August

EIGHTY choristers and a small orchestra will gather this weekend in Port Macquarie to rehearse and perform Karl Jenkins’ work ‘The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.’ The concert will take place in St Agnes’ Catholic Church at 2pm on Sunday 9 August. Led by local musician Robyn Ryan, OAM, the work is a stirring […]

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St Agnes’ Parish Secondary School bands entertained lunchtime crowds at The Glasshouse in Port Macquarie
Entertainment, Event, School

St Agnes’ Parish Secondary School bands entertained lunchtime crowds at The Glasshouse in Port Macquarie

Lunchtime music concert with SAPSS student musicians. Photos: Pauline Cain. Lunchtime music concert with SAPSS student musicians. Photos: Pauline Cain. Lunchtime music concert with SAPSS student musicians. Photos: Pauline Cain. LUNCHTIME crowds in Port Macquarie stopped to listen to school bands on The Glasshouse steps on Friday 26 June. St Agnes’ Parish Secondary Schools (SAPSS) […]

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Rotary Club of Port Macquarie Sunrise’s annual Giving Breakfast Greg Smith, co-founder of Self Seen, receiving a donation from David Lane, president of the Rotary Club of Port Macquarie Sunrise. Photo: Facebook.
Event, Local News

Rotary Club of Port Macquarie Sunrise’s annual Giving Breakfast

GLOBALLY 1.4 million people belong to Rotary and work to embody their mottoes of ‘service above self’ and ‘one profits most who serves best’. The Rotary Club of Port Macquarie Sunrise modelled that this month as they celebrated 14 local organisations at their annual Giving Breakfast. Each year the club holds their major fundraiser, ‘The […]

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Two free events helping locals better understand alcohol and other drug issues in Wauchope The Hastings Community Drug Action Team encourages open and honest conversations about alcohol and other drug use. Photo: fauxels/Pexels.
Event, Health

Two free events helping locals better understand alcohol and other drug issues in Wauchope

THE Hastings Community Drug Action Team (HCDAT) is inviting local residents to take part in an upcoming community forum designed to encourage open and honest conversations about alcohol and other drug use. HCDAT Chair Veronica Godfrey said the event, ‘You CAN Ask That: Drugs and Alcohol’, aims to create a safe and respectful space where […]

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Community choirs were part of the entertainment at Port Macquarie’s ArtWalk “Here Comes the Sun” launches ArtWalk with a mass community choir gathered for The Big Sing. Photo: Pauline Cain
Community, Entertainment, Event

Community choirs were part of the entertainment at Port Macquarie’s ArtWalk

  “Here Comes the Sun” launches ArtWalk with a mass community choir gathered for The Big Sing. Photo: Pauline Cain   Blokes Notes entertaining crowds on the corner of Clarence and Murray Streets. Photo: Pauline Cain   ARTWALK started with a blast of sound in a flash sing from local choirs.  More than 100 singers […]

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Members of the Port Macquarie branch of the Country Women’s Association joined the ArtWalk celebrations in Town Square CWA members Ann, Robyn, Jill, Janis and Helena setting up their ArtWalk market stall.
Community, Event

Members of the Port Macquarie branch of the Country Women’s Association joined the ArtWalk celebrations in Town Square

CWA members Ann, Robyn, Jill, Janis and Helena setting up their ArtWalk market stall. CWA member, Robyn Baker, with her son, her granddaughters and grandchildren, who popped in to see Nan and enjoy CWA hospitality. Virginia and Alan are long-time locals and regular visitors to the CWA tearooms. Our NOTA reporter’s set-up at the CWA […]

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Port Macquarie celebrates 10 years of ArtWalk Rusty Muscle Collective performing in the Glasshouse forecourt.
Community, Entertainment, Event

Port Macquarie celebrates 10 years of ArtWalk

Cherie and Scott Raynor from Sunset Gallery with their projections on Murray Street Got Ya Back’s ‘Piano Party’ under the fig tree on Town Green Tortuga’s Phoebe Ayla and her fire show on Clarence Street Stage. Tortuga’s Joel Salom entertaining crowds with his comedy and juggling act on Clarence Street Stage. Rusty Muscle Collective performing […]

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‘Fighting Spirit: The Art of Boxing’ exhibition celebrates Dave Sands’ legacy in Port Macquarie
Event, Local News

‘Fighting Spirit: The Art of Boxing’ exhibition celebrates Dave Sands’ legacy in Port Macquarie

“FIGHTING Spirit: The Art of Boxing” will open at the Glasshouse in Port Macquarie on 13 June, bringing together powerful stories, artwork and rare screen footage that celebrate Australia’s rich boxing history. Developed by the National Portrait Gallery and the National Film and Sound Archive, the exhibition explores boxing’s connections to identity, resilience and community […]

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